Blurred Lines

Chapter 10

Okay. Keep it together Winter! He only told you that he's basically in love with you. Act cool. Just go with the flow. What flow, there is no flow. I really am not making sense. Okay deep breaths. I kept up this little internal monologue as i hugged Emmett, who was holding onto me a tad bit too tightly, but i wasn't about to let him go. I had to uhm, gather my thoughts. Maybe i should've let him go, i really needed time to think about this little situation. I had always looked at Em as my admittedly super hot best friend, but i never thought... To be honest i thought he was gay sometimes. Girls at school practically threw themselves at him and he all but swatted them away. Well, now i knew why. I really wished i could call Skylar and talk to her about it but i knew i couldn't.

"Okay, uhm Winter, i think we can let go now." Emmett said and i immediately let him go and took a step back . I noticed his cheeks were an adorable shade of pink. Awww, i decided to have a little fun with my newfound information. I know, I'm evil. "Sure you don't wanna hug for a lil longer Em?" I wiggled my eyebrows as he so often did. He gave me a halfhearted smile and got a sad look in his eyes. I immediately regretted saying it as i realised how he must have felt. Then i also realised that i didn't Really know if i liked him or not. I started looking at all the features on his beautiful face, his strong arms..but I've always noticed those before so no point proven. I took a step towards him as he stood awkwardly gazing at his shoes.

"Hey Em..?" He met my eyes and cleared his throat slightly. "Yeah?" "Well, you see, I'm not sure about something and I'd like to find out, so I'm gonna to something, doesn't have to mean anything okay? " he looked sceptical but nodded and was about to ask me a question when i cut him off as i gently pressed my lips against his. He was still for a while then he recovered and started to kiss me back. His kiss was gentle and yet demanding at the same time. What the actual fuck!? I felt it! I actually freaking felt it. I always laughed at those silly romcoms talking about 'sparks', but that was the only way i could describe it honestly.

I deepened the kiss, seeing as Emmett seemed intent on respecting my boundaries. We kissed until we were both out of breath and broke apart finally. I only moved my face a fraction ,such that our foreheads were together,with my hands still clinging onto his neck and his on either side of my waist holding me close to him. I looked into his electric blue eyes that had lost all traces of the green that lurked in pools within them.

He seemed to snap out of the spell of the moment because his grip on my waist loosened and he took a tentative step back. "Well..?" He looked at me expectantly. What? Oh the thing i was trying. Well I'm sure i felt 'sparks' and i knew i could have kissed him all night. Did that mean i Really Liked him? Hell if i know. "Well, you certainly surpassed all my expectations Monroe." His eyes lit up and i swear my heart smiled. What is happening to me. I decided not to give him any false hope though. "I mean, i won't deny that was amazing, but i still don't know what that means Em. I could just be projecting or something like that,so how about we just go back to being, you know, us, and i try to figure this out?" Catching the hurt that flashed across his features, i added, " I've really missed you ,you know. Let's just...hang out. I'll even let you touch my new camera eh..?" He grinned widely at this and ran up the stairs to my room. We hung out and talked, i even caved and played ping pong with him. Which i obviously lost. Pfft. Like it wasn't obvious. By the time we realised what time it was, it was way past midnight. We slept cuddled against each other as we'd done so many times before. But that night it felt.. different. And oddly,that night i dreamt of blue eyes.....